Most Englishmen and Anglo-Americans in his day felt that people of African descent were inferior to Europeans, even in the predominantly Calvinist and Quaker New
At the time of his father's death, young Cuffee knew little more than the alphabet but dreamed of gaining an education and being involved in the shipping
Paul Cuffee (January 17, 1759 – September 9, 1817) was a Quaker businessman, patriot, and abolitionist of Aquinnah Wampanoag and African Ashanti descent. Cuffee built a lucrative shipping
Popovi Da (Red Fox) is the son of famous San Ildefonso potter Maria Martinez and her artist husband Julian Martinez. He was born on April 10, 1923 at San Ildefonso Pueblo and died on October 17, 1971
Alexander Lawrence Posey (b. August 3, 1873, Eufala, Creek Nation; d. May 27, 1908) (Muscogee) A highly respected journalist and poet, Alexander Posey was among the best known literary and political
The shortage of buffalo left Poundmaker's people desperately hungry, and in 1885, they traveled south to Battleford. Oral history accounts suggest Poundmaker went to the fort to speak with the Indian
Pope (1'o rye). A celebrated Tewa medicine-man, native of the pueblo of San Juan, who first appears in New Mexico history in 1675 as a leader either of some prisoners charged with witchcraft, and
The Boldt Decision (U.S. v. Washington, also known as The Boldt Decision) - U.S. District Judge George Boldt's ruling interpreted the language of treaties made with Washington tribes more than a